City of San Diego

San Diego City Council, District 8

This person holds your district's seat on San Diego's 9-member City Council. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use.

Antonio Martinez and Gerardo Ramirez came out of a June field of four Democrats. The open South Bay seat covers Southcrest, Sherman Heights and San Ysidro. This border district still has flood damage from January 2024 and cross-border sewage pollution.

The winner holds one of nine seats on the San Diego City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and the land-use decisions behind the district's biggest fights. The term is four years.

Both finalists are Democrats, so the choice is not partisan but positional: a school-board member running on infrastructure investment versus the district office's own chief of staff running on continuity. The district's crises — flood recovery, the Tijuana River pollution emergency, a legacy of underinvestment (per KPBS) — will consume whoever wins.

Antonio Martinez

Antonio Martinez sits on the San Ysidro School District board. He runs on infrastructure spending after the January 2024 floods. He raised about $10,000 in the primary.

Gerardo Ramirez

Gerardo Ramirez is the sitting District 8 chief of staff. His campaign has said little about his platform. He raised about $21,000 in the primary. A separate committee backed by SDG&E and Phillips 66 spent about $100,000 more. That money was not his campaign's.

Your pick

A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.

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